The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-04-06
GAME, BIRDS AND FISH,
CIRCULAR PROCLAIaING TaE
THIRD ANNUAL CONVENTION
tectiOn-MembeFship Huts and
Other Information.

The following circular has been is.
sued from the office Of the National
Association, for the protection Of game,
birds aud fish, Chicago.
The n xt and hiid annual conven-
ton Of the National Association, for
the protection Ct game, birds and fish,
will be held at the Palmer House,
Chicago, where the meeting will be
called to order at 10 a. M Wednesday,
June 22is
The secretary takes pleasure in FAY
ing that the report he will be able to
make, will show how much good has
resulted from the work Of the assocla-
ton sincs Its first convention was held
in S. Louis in 1885. The attention Of
the Legislatures of every State in the
Union has been seriously drawn to
the necessity of preservation, and in
several States laws OF the utmost value
have been pasfed On the subject, and
are now in opera lon. More good
work has been done In thA last
eighteen months towards retaining or
regaining our head of game aud stock
OF fish than has resulted from The
whole OF the previous desultory or spo
radio attempts in that direction in
AmeIica.
Much, however, remains to be done,
one of the most impc rtaut points that
press for Immediate attention being
the Iesslty OF incre ssing the mem
heIship, Every addition TO the list
brings new mombers again in its train,
and the association requires recruits
both to promulgate it's offsets more
and more through the country, and
also to assist 1t toward d. u lcial pros
perity. 1t Ia hoped and believed that
nearly every State and Territory In he
Union will be represented at The com.
Ing convention, but IL is carnsttiy
hoped that before it 10 in Lesion the
association will have been Joined by
many new members. Clubs propoi.
ing to join should at once forward
their add ess and membership dutG TO
the undersigned. Membership tues
are as follows:
MEMBERSHIP DUES.
For clubs and organisations with
membership Olive and under twenty,
For clubs and organizations with a
membership Of over twentyu.,,.....r, 10 90
individual membership. .,.,...,",.,..,, 2 %
Clubs with membership Of from
five to twenty ara entitled to one dele
gate in the convention; In )ee with q
membership of over twenty TO two.
Individual memberships are entitled
TO vote.
Fish aud Game Commissioners are
ex-oflicio men b rs Of the organ ration.
The undersigned would be- obliged
II sportsmen would send him, before
May 30th, report Of matters relating
to game and fish. in their section for
last year. 1t will be remembered that
at the last convention secretaries OF
clubs were urged to forward to the
secrestary OF the association returns oil
the amount of game killed and fish
taken In their section, on which to
base a national record. This has been
done only in tho case OF Missouri.
Fish and game dealers and individuals
are also urged to send reports OF this
character to the secretary.
Information on all the points con-
nected with the coming convention
will not be sent out by circular, but
will appear from time to time in the
columns OF the Missouri Republican,
american Field, Turf, Field and Farm
Forest and Stream, the Northwestern
Sportsman, Cleveland Plain Dealer, Gin.
ciunati Enqsirer, San Francisco Breeder
and Sportsman, Louisville COuritr.JOu-
nal and other leading papers.
II. O. WEST, Secretary,
PostoiIco Box 800, 81. Louis, NJ.